At the Helm of New York Schools

Published: July 31, 2002

''Mayor Bloomberg's Chancellor'' (editorial, July 30) urges Joel I. Klein, the new chancellor, to rely on experts in education.

But the senior staff at the Board of Education hardly qualifies, particularly in my area, mathematics.

New mathematics curriculums being adopted throughout the city have been widely denounced as inadequate and incompetent by professional mathematicians. Relying on true experts need not and should not mean business as usual at the Board of Ed.